Multitubular cement-kiln.



H. L. DOHBRTY. MULTITUBULAR CEMENT KILN.

Patented Ja11 .4, 1910.

lllllllllll ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

4unrrnn sTArnsr'rENT OFFICE.

HENRY L DOHERTY, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

MULTITBULAR uSLElVIElvie-Kinn.

.Specieationof Letters Batent.

`1Iatented Jan. 4t, 1910.

- i To all `'whom it may concernf llc it known that I, HENRY 1L. .Donnn'rg `a citizen of the .United States, and a resident of Madison, in the countyyofDane and State of 'Wisconsim have invented certain new4 and useful Improvements in llfultitubular Cement-Kilns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus forburning cement etc., `and comprises an inelined rotary kiln of a mult-itubular convciency than that ordinarily obtainable.

struction; .all as more fully hereinafter .set forth, matters o f novelty being particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Many :have been the attempts `to secure from `.the `rotary cement kiln a higher clit s regards improved kiln construct-ion, probably the most important recent advances have been made in `the directiony of the lengthened kilns. Formerly, the standard l. t `kiln `was only `sixty feet in length, While modern `practice .t calls for kilns of90 to `150 ft. fin length. `The increase in length results in higher heat efficiency and greater output over former practice. Even with this `im- ,.provement the kiln is far from being Van `of ,the fuel employed. .occurs largely `inthe `upper half ofthe-kiln A,and isdueinpartto the evolution of great `onlantitiesof carbondioxid from the mate- `efficientsapparatus The rotarymay be describedlas anopen ended barrelset on inclinevandsoarrangedas to propel a thin layerf of the cement-forming material or mixalong.itsbottonr The diameter of ,the `kiln Within linings is lusually from live .to seven feet. The layer ofcement is ord1- lnarily not over 8 vto ILOdnches in thickness. `There `is therefore above the .material an #immense open rpassage through which .the ,fame maylpass. A combustion chamber of such size permits i of the stratification of the flame which greatly decreases ythe eliiciency This stratification rial in that i region.

Akiln having an output of say L00 bbls.

.y cement clinker per Vday -will liberate from the materialncarly 7 00,0100 cubic feet of carbondioxid per day. Practically all this carbon 4 ,a ction.

dioXid is evolved before the material reaches .the clinkering fzoiie, and `tests show that the l.major `portionisevolved inthe `upper half of 4.the kiln. The removallof carbon dioxid in- 5volves aheat absorbing or endothermic re- `Consequently the ycarbon dioxid :when liberated cool compared tothe temimpairs the kiln efficiency.

shown clearly Y in Fig. 2.

perature of the heating flame and gases of combustion. Because of its greater density due to temperature and also to relatively high specific gravity the so Vevolved carbon dioxid Hows along the bottom of the kiln,

bathingthe material with a `cool instead of a vhot gas `and preventing proper contact of the flame. Apart `from the' cooling action resulting from this stratification, another and even more serions `action occurs which This is a phenomenon dependent on the law of mass action or phase rule forexplanation. Any reaction evolving Aa gas is retarded by the presence of that .gas in the circumambient atmosphere. Carbon dioxid therefore Will retard, or under some circumstances even n prevent entirely, the evolution of carbon dioxid from cement material. For highest etliciency the material `should be surrounded with `an atmosphere containing a minimum of carbondio'xid. This condition it is evident cannot bel secured by present practice.

It is the object of this invention to perform longitudinal section of a cement kiln and (Fig. 2 avertical crosssectlon thereof taken along the line da of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross section of a modified form' of the apparatus.

Referring to Fig. 1 the :lower portion of the kiln Willbe seen to have the opener single barrel construction l.

type and instead of a single barrel is composed of a plurality of small round barrels This composite barrel if it may be so termed, is firmly attached to the large barrel l at 3, and the` whole structure `isarranged to rotate on the bearings fr' by means of the driv-ing mechanism Si, although it is of course possible to have the chamber l rotate independently of the composite 'chamber 2 -by mechanism which is obviousgto those skilledin the art.

Chamber l may be designated asthe elinkl The upper porl i tion of the kiln2, is of a radically diderent @ring chamber and the plurality of barrels 2 as the calcining chamber. 'Ihe rat-io of the preferable length of the former to the latter is determined by the area of the clinkering zone.

The calcining Zone of the kiln, or the multitubular portion should preferably be at least equal in length to the clinkering zone, or unobstructed portion, and is preferably several times longer, especially Where large output and maximum economy of fuel are desired. In a kiln using the customary projected flame of powdered fuel in aerial suspension, the open or unobstructed portion of the kiln should preferably be long enough to allow this flame to` reach its full development and produce the maximum of clinkering heat, at a pointsomewhat in advance of the multitubular portion, as this latter would quickly clog if the material therein were submitted to a clinkering heat. In the calcining Zone the kiln Walls generally remain without incrustations, while in the clinkering zone, owing to the higher temperature, the kiln lining becomes coated with semivitrified incrustation. On this account, the calcining chamber should not be of such length that it is liable to be exposed to the high temperature clinkering zone; as, owing to the small diameter of the barrels composing this chamber, incrustations might form to an obstructive degree at a clinkering temperature. The lower end of the clinkering chamber is closed by the hood 4, in which is situated a chute 6 for discharge of finished clinker and the fuel feed-pipe 5. The lat-- ter takes various forms, depending on the fuel employed. Ordinarily the fuel is powdered coal, oil, natural gas or producer gas. The upper end of the calcining chamber opens into the stack housing and dust chamber 9, on which is situated the stack 10.

11 is a feeding mechanism for introducing the raw material. The calcining chamber as will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 is composed of 1 small cylindrical barrels, (12, 13, 14, and 15) or metal shells lined with firebrick and suitably bound together to rotate as a common structure around the axis 17. While ordinarily I'prefer to use four such chambers, it is possible to make the number greater or less, as say three (shown in Fig. 3) or five (not shown). By the use of properly molded fire-brick, the chambers 12, 13, 141- and 15 may be built as fiues in a single cylinder, which form of construction tends to reduce radiation losses.

My apparatus is operated in much the same manner as the ordinary kiln as regards the step of clinkering. In the calcining step, however, the material is divided into four approximately equal streams and is exposed to the flame in a far more thorough manner than in a large single barrel kiln. In each of these smaller round sub-kilns the cement material progresses forward in the same manner as in the larger kiln, but because of their smaller diameter its exposure to the flame gases is much more thorough. At the same time, the material is subjected to thorough agitation and to fiame atmospheres constantly varying in their carbon dioxid contents. In the small calcining barrels there is little opportunity for stratification of the gases, hence the material is not bathed in its own evolved gas. Calcination therefore takes place with great ease. The heat absorption is rapid and the gases leave the kiln at a low temperature. With my apparatus, under careful supervision, a greatly increased output of cement clinker may be obtained. The fuel consumption is reduced to a substantial extent.

A great length of kiln is not required with By having these upper fiues or sub-kilnsround, each, in effect, operates in transmitting material therethrough in the same man- In the structure shown, the whole kiln rotates about its axis and in so doing each of the sub-kilns, though fixed as regardsrthis i kiln axis, also, in effect, rotates about its own axis in the sense that any given point inits wall successively becomes upper and lower. The whole kiln being inclined, any given particle of material resting on the bottom of one of these round sub-kilns tends to travel downward therethrough in the same manner as a particle of material in the unobstructed portion of the kiln. By having these sub-kilns of angular section, the same effect would not, of course, be obtained since the material would tend to bank up in the corners instead of traveling forward in the manner desired.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus for burning cement clinker comprising a single barreled clinkering chamber, means for producing a long flame of burning fuel therein, and a mutiplebarreled calcining chamber comprising a plurality of cylindrical chambers of less diameter than said clinkering chamber, said clinkering chamber being sufliciently long to allow the full development of said flame therein.

2. An apparatus for burning cement clinker comprising an inclined rotatable barrel adapted for clinkering, means for producing a long flame of burning fuel therein, and a plurality of cylindrical conduits of less diameter arranged to rotate with said Y ner as the ordinary rotary inclined kiln'.`

barrel and adapted to calcination, said barrel being sufliciently long to allow full development of said flame therein.

3. An apparatus for burning cement clinker comprising a single-barreled clinker- `ing chamber and a multiple-barreled cal- `cining chamber comprising a plurality 0f cylindrical chambers of less diameter than said clinkering chamber, all constructed as an integral structure and arranged to rotate in an inclined position, means for producing a long iame of burning fuel in the clinkering chamber, means for entering raw mapermit full development of said long llame therein while the upper portion beyond the flame chamber is provided with a plurality7 of round parallel conduits.

5. An apparatus for burning cement clinker comprising a single-barreled clinkering` chamber and a calcining chamber containing a plurality of cylindrical chambers of less diameter than said clinkering chamber, the two chambers constructed as an integral structure and arranged to rotate together with said cylindrical chambers in an inclined position, means for producing a long flame of burning fuel in the clinkering chamber, and means for entering' raw material into the calcining chamber, said clinkering chamber being sufficiently long to permit full development of said flame therein.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 6th day of February A. D. 1906.

HENRY L. DOHERTY.

Vitnesses:

CARLnToN ELLIS, FLETCHER P. ScormLD. 

